Appropriate use of bifactor analysis in psychopathology research: Appreciating benefits and limitations

Co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders is well-documented. Recent quantitative efforts have moved toward an understanding of this phenomenon, with the ‘general psychopathology’ or p-factor model emerging as the most prominent characterization. Over the past decade, bifactor model analysis has become increasingly popular as a statistical approach to describe common/shared and unique elements in psychopathology. However, recent work has highligh ted potential problems with common approaches to evaluating and interpreting bifactor models.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Marina A. Bornovalova, Alexandria M. Choate, Haya Fatimah, Karl J. Petersen, Brenton M. Wiernik Tags: Review Source Type: research